Lesson Four Text So I drink in lieu of(28)a pill. One interviwer eventually turned me down because,he said,I lack eyeball contact.(29 When I called him to say I didn't understand, he told me that because of my courage in asking such a question,he would reopen"the discussion."We had dinner at the Yale Club,in New York (he had one beer,I had nothing),and he said we had misread each other's "signals." We would start a fresh,and he would be back in touch with (30)me.A month later,he wrote to tell me that he had decided not to fill the position (31 after all (32)(I heard shortly afterward that he had lost his job
So I drink in lieu of (28) a pill. One interviwer eventually turned me down because, he said, I lack eyeball contact. (29) When I called him to say I didn’t understand, he told me that because of my courage in asking such a question, he would reopen “the discussion.” We had dinner at the Yale Club, in New York (he had one beer , I had nothing), and he said we had misread each other’s “signals.” We would start a fresh, and he would be back in touch with (30) me. A month later, he wrote to tell me that he had decided not to fill the position (31) after all.(32) (I heard shortly afterward that he had lost his job. ) 课 文 Lesson Four Text
Lesson Four Text A vice president of an organization asked me to meet him for breakfast at a Park Avenue hotel.Two days later,I received a note from him saying he was impressed by (33)my credentials,liked my answers to his questions and would probably invite me for additional interviews.I was skeptical,but two days later his assistant ushered me to (34)the president. A week later,I was told that everything had gone well and that I could expect a decision within two weeks.I received the decision three months later.It was formal,brief and negative
A vice president of an organization asked me to meet him for breakfast at a Park Avenue hotel. Two days later, I received a note from him saying he was impressed by (33) my credentials, liked my answers to his questions and would probably invite me for additional interviews. I was skeptical, but two days later his assistant ushered me to (34) the president. A week later, I was told that everything had gone well and that I could expect a decision within two weeks . I received the decision three months later. It was formal, brief and negative. 课 文 Lesson Four Text
Lesson Four Text The job went to (35)a young woman. A friend of mine,a president,once told me that whenever he advertises a vacancy,it's an easy matter to skim off(6)the four or five most outstanding candidates.After their interviews,he compares not their experience,but their statistics-their total compensation packages,retirement and medical benefits in particular.If you're not young,he said,it sure helps to be single,I,as he knows,am neither. I'm never sure just how the children are taking it.(37 I think hey see it all in very different ways,for they are not at all alike 38 One is a sphinx,one seems almost removed,and one sees it all (39 But they all know my countenance
The job went to (35) a young woman. A friend of mine , a president, once told me that whenever he advertises a vacancy, it’s an easy matter to skim off (36) the four or five most outstanding candidates. After their interviews, he compares not their experience, but their statistics—their total compensation packages, retirement and medical benefits in particular. If you’re not young, he said, it sure helps to be single, I,as he knows, am neither. I’m never sure just how the children are taking it. (37) I think hey see it all in very different ways, for they are not at all alike(38).One is a sphinx, one seems almost removed, and one sees it all.(39) But they all know my countenance 课 文 Lesson Four Text
Lesson Four Text and can interpret it (40)They know I spend most of the week in my chair.Only one of them has said that I n no longer talk and I frown when others are talking.There are times when I wonder not whether I will ever have a job again,but whether if I do. I will be able to function (41 For almost a year,I have not done what I was trained to do. The invitations for interviews never come by mail, always by telephone.So I stay home and wait for the phone to ring.After the newspaper there is coffee, and junk mail,(42)and boredom. I eat too much for lunch because there's nothing else to do.Lately a friend has supplied me with (43)
and can interpret it .(40) They know I spend most of the week in my chair. Only one of them has said that I n no longer talk and I frown when others are talking. There are times when I wonder not whether I will ever have a job again, but whether if I do, I will be able to function .(41) For almost a year, I have not done what I was trained to do. The invitations for interviews never come by mail, always by telephone. So I stay home and wait for the phone to ring. After the newspaper there is coffee, and junk mail, (42) and boredom. I eat too much for lunch because there’s nothing else to do. Lately a friend has supplied me with (43) 课 文 Lesson Four Text
Lesson Four Text Irish novels and short stories,all new and none published in this country.know something of earlier Irish literature,but my friend's books offer little release,less escape.(44 When the phone does ring,it's usual someone asking for one of our daughters to babysit."We have to go out tonight, and I was just wondering if..." At dusk,in those unearthly hours between sleep and wake- fulness.I have visions.(45 I see pictures of small-bore pistols. Lethal,but,I hope,quick and comparatively painless.Not heroic certainly,but not cowardly either.But then,there's my wife and our daughters.Because I love-and I do-all four,I have to ask whether my death is preferable
Irish novels and short stories,all new and none published in this country. know something of earlier Irish literature, but my friend’s books offer little release, less escape. (44) When the phone does ring, it’s usual someone asking for one of our daughters to babysit. “We have to go out tonight, and I was just wondering if…” At dusk, in those unearthly hours between sleep and wakefulness, I have visions. (45) I see pictures of small-bore pistols. Lethal, but, I hope, quick and comparatively painless. Not heroic, certainly, but not cowardly either. But then, there’s my wife and our daughters. Because I love –and I do—all four, I have to ask whether my death is preferable 课 文 Lesson Four Text